When parents request to have their child receive a particular treatment technique or methodology such as sensory integration, how should the school administrator respond?
Sensory integration and other treatment methodologies such as neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) are just particular frames of reference or treatment perspectives which might be used by an OT or PT in the intervention process. The services that the schools are mandated to deliver are occupational or physical therapy and not a particular treatment regimen. In the schools, the focus of occupational and physical therapy is on the child’s ability to function in the educational environment. As long as the child’s educational needs are being appropriately met, the school based OT/PT is operating within their scope of practice and training. Therapists use their professional judgment, evaluation data, and expected outcomes to select the particular frame of reference which will guide the intervention.
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